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Patented May 20, 1924.

UNITED S'TES EMIL DSTER, OF FORT VAYNE, INDEANA.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Application filed April 18, 1922.

710 all whom t may amica/ra:

Be it known that l, EMIL Dnis'rnn, a citi- Zen ot' the United States, residing at Fort l/Vayne, in the county or Allen and State ot Indiana, have invented new and useitul lnr proveniente in Vehicle Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to vehicle wheels and particularly to resilient wheels tor motor vehicles.

The object of the invention is to provide a durable wheel wherein the commonly used pneumatic tire is eliminated and which, in operation, shall be most resilient and eh'icient and shall absorb all shocks and jars in cidcnt to the travel ot the wheel.

"he invention is an improvement on the wheel described in my pending application Serial No. llflh'led April 25, 1921, and consists in a wheelhaving a resilient rim divided circumterentially so as to iorin an annular shock absorbing space in the periphery oi the rim and means to support the rim on the hub of the wheel, the said means being either non-resilient or resilient or a combination of both. ln the present adaptation o't the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, l make use of an an nual resilient disk anda non-resilient disk, the latter disk being rigidly secured to the hub ci? the wheel and clamped to the resilin ent disk, the divided rim being formed by two laterally spaced flanges, one of which is formed by the outer portion of the resilient disk and the other of which is secured to the disk and is spaced therefrom. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevational view ot a wheel embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-seo tional view of the-same; Fig. 8 an elevational view of the resilient disk and rim and Fig. -1 a vertical cross-sectional view oi' the saine.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is an annular disk formed o't rubber or rubber and fabric vulcanized in suitable manner. lt is somewhat dish-shaped or curved laterally adjacent to its periphery and a thickened portion 2 is provided adjacent to the curved portion, the outer extremity o't the latter portion 'forming a 'frange 3 of the riin of the wheel. An annularly concaved or inwardly curved member or lia-nge 4, formed oi' the same material as the disk, is connected by the annular base or web 5 and the annular web 6 to the annular disk, the web 6 being yforth. The outer Serial No. 555,209.

preferred to provide reinforcement for the flanges 3 and 1 as hereinafter more fully set portion ot the disk 1 with its lange 3 thus torni with the iiange 4 a circumierentially divided rim for the wheel and also a seat for a tread or tire preferably formed of soit, tough rubber suitably secured thereto as by vulcanization. A shallow ribl 8 preferably Yformed on the inner surface of the tire so as to center the tire and hold it in place prior to and during the vulcanizing operation. 'in practice, the flange 1lwill be formed separately, or :toi-med with the webs 5 and 6 thereon and then `vulcanized to the disk in order to form the annular space between the webs and the annular.' shock absorbing space 9 between the riii-anges and and hence in the periphery of the rim. l have tound the space or'channel') to be most desirable and advantageous, as will appear hereinafter. r

An aperture il) is formed in the center et the disk 1 to receive the hub 11 of any form commonly in use, the hub forming no part oit my invention. In the present illustration the hub is provided with a tiange 11a to which the brake drum 12 is generally attached. 'lhe ilange has'tormed therein a suitable number of apertures adapted to receive the bolts 13, which bolts also pass through similar apertures formed in -the brake drunnin the disk 1 indicated at le, in the spacing ring 15 which surrounds the hub and in the annular non-resilient member or disk 16. By tightening the nuts 17 on the bolts 13 the said apertured parts are clamped firmly and rigidly to the liange 11a of' the hub. 1 i

Vrilhe annular disk 16 is formed oi suitable nou-resilient material, such as steel, aluminum or other suitable meta. lts central portion isapertured ttor insertion over the hub, and a flange or sleeve 18 about the aperture projects laterally from the disk `o forni a reiu'liorcement tor the disk 1G. Adjacent to the Vperiphery ot the disk'lil are formed apertures lo receive the bolts 19 which extend through the apertures 2O formed in the disk, preferably in the thickeened portion 2 thereof. The disk 1G is curved outwardly or dished between the points oi its attachment to the disk 1, the concaved face ot the dished portion 2l facing the disk 1. rlhe periphery of the niember or disk 16 is bent outwardly to torni an inclined annular iiange 22 which bears and than elsewhere in order that the bolts may be tightened rigidly without pulling through the disk.

In operation, the tire constantly bulges into the annular space or channel 9 and tends to spread out laterally under the weight of the vehicle and under the inlluence ot shocks and jars incident to the travel ojl the wheel. This lateral spreading ol the tire causes lateral spreading ol Vthe 'flanges 3 and llot the divided rim which to large extent absorbs the jars and shocks.

` As the members or ilanges of the rim tend YLio to spread apart they also tend to approach each other at the web 6 due to the curvature of the flanges, that ol'I one being opposite to that of the other, thus giving an additional cushioning elect to the wheel and completing the substantial absorption of all ars and shocks incident to the travel of the wheel.

Vilhat l claim is;

l. In a vehicle wheel, an annular resilient disk and an annular member connected to the disk and cooperating with the peripheral portion of the disk to lform a rim, the said member being spaced from said portion to form a shock absorbing space between them and in the periphery ol the rim.

2. In a vehicle wheel, an annular resilient disk, an annular member cooperating with the peripheral portion ol' the disk to form a rim, and an annular web spacing the said member from the said portion and reinforcing the same.

3. In a vehicle wheel,` an annular resilient disk, an annular resilient member cooperating with the peripheral portion of thev disk to form a rim,` and a reinforcing annular web spacing the said menibei from the disk and being less in diameter than the periphery of the rim, to form an annular shock absorbing space in the rim periphery.

el. A vehicle wheel comprising an annular resilient disk, a rim having two members the peripheral portion ot the disk lorn'iing one member oli the rim and a resilientlange on the disk spaced therefrom and forming the other member of the rim, the" spacing ot the two members being such that an annular shock-absorbing spaceis formed between. them and in the periphery of the rim, and non-resilient means to support the disk and rim. V l `t 5. A vehicle wheel comprising an annular non-resilient disk and a resilient rim secured to the disk and consisting of two resilient annular flanges spaced apart to form an annular shock-absorbing space between them and in the periphery ot the rim.

6. A vehicle wheel comprising an annular non-resilient disk and a resilient rim secured to the disk and consisting of two oppositely curved resilient flanges spaced apart to lorm an annular shock-absorbing space between them and in the periphery ot the rim.

7. A vehicle wheel comprising an annular non-resilient disk, a resilient rim secured to the disk and consisting oi two annular re.- silient flanges and an annular web spacing the two flanges to form an annular shock absorbing space between the said flanges and in the periphery of the rim.

8. A vehicle wheel comprising an annular non-resilient disk, a resilient rim secured to the disk and consisting ot two resilient oppositely curved annular flanges and an annular' web spacing the two tlanges laterally to form an annular shock absorbing space between said tlanges and in the periphery of the rim.

9. A vehicle wheel comprising a resilient disk, a resilient rim on the disk consisting of two laterally spaced annular flanges having between them and in the, periphery ol Athe rim an annular shock-absorbing space,

and non-resilient means engaging the disk and the rim for supporting the same.

l0. A vehicle wheel comprising a disk itormed oitA vulcanized material, a resilient flange vulcanized to the disk and spaced from the peripheral portion thereof and forming with said portion a resilient rim, the spacing of said flange and said peripheral portion of the disk being such that an annular shock-absorbing space is formed in the periphery of the rim.

ll. A vehicle wheel comprising a. disk formed of vulcanized material, a resilient flange vulcanizedv to the disk and spaced from the peripheral portionthereof and forming with said portion a resilient rim, the spacing between the said flange and said peripheral portion of the disk being such that an annular shock-absorbing space is formed between said members and in the periphery of the rim and a non-resilient disk clamped to the vulcanized disk and forming a support for the flange. l

l2. A vehicle wheel comprising a hub, a resilient annular disk clamped to the hub, a circumferentially split resilient rim on the disk having a shock absorbing space in its periphery and non resilient means secured to the hub and rigidly clamped 'to the disk for supporting the disk and rim on thehubv, and a tire secured to the rim; v

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 17th day of April,

i EMIL DEISTER. 

